Thursday, February 28, 2008

A great piece from Wayne and Wax sampling the new Brazilian stylings of Eletro-Melody, a hybrid of baile funk & Belém Technobraga. Deep in the Amazon. The Amazon being...er..music and....other shit metaphors like that.

The Fader magazine brings us a hype mix of fresh African goodness to go with the new African music special.

Masala brings us a new strain of funk carioca mixed up with Forro called Bateria com Funk, with a nice li'l podcast to go.

"THE COLONEL is a bizarre robot weapon invented at the end of World War II – designed to shake the Nazis out of their bunkers with lethal doses of bowel-shattering bass. Set free after the war, he ran amok frightening civilians, and his basslines just got angrier and angrier"….

Ok he's not he's a new producer from the UK's new 'Bass capital', Sheffield, and he has made a sledgehammer called "The Ruckus" getting play from Sinden and Toddla T.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

DJ Amazing Clay is the oldest funk DJ in Rio. He is the latest Carioca MASTER to release a collection of baile funk bombs on Man Recordings. Clay has been grinding in the funk game for 27 YEARS. He started out DJing in 1980 when the original Rio funk scene was moving from 70s funk and disco licks to early US rap. He started dropping Planet Rock at parties '82 and it all went favela electrofunk from there. Think of him as the Grandmaster of baile funk.

Lets have a look at him on the MPC. Here come the Horns.

Mr.Clay currently rocks FIVE parties a week including the Boquierao baile next door to Rio's Santos Dumont Airport. On top of that he has been producing for MCs like Catra, Deize Tigrona, MC Gringo (most of his album), MC Dido & Bonde da Oskley. He is the creator of the "Montagem Bonanza“, which introduced the Bonanza cowboy riddim in the current baile funk scene. His new EP is yet another banger, following the quality of the previous joints from Sany Pitbull, Edgar & Sandrinho.

Here is an exclusive 30 min mix from Clay cutting up the latest white hot funk from Brazil including the Olodum remix which i'm told is smashing up Rio right now. I'm listening to it now and I can safely say its pure fire. Get it now.

Monday, February 04, 2008

More exclusive heat from Warrior Queen courtesy of East London's raggamiesters, The Heatwave sound. Reminds me of an old school 80s digital riddim that Sister Nancy would verse on. This is only a taster until the 12" & full MP3 is released on Feb 18th on Soul Jazz. It will also be on official release of their great England Story mix which I like alot. Out later in March.

Sunday, February 03, 2008

I like some vocals with my Bassline. TS7 has been enlisting the mic skills of T.Dot on a few jams (which are all awesome). I don't know much about her other than she's got a crazy fast flow and sounds like a UK Rye Rye. Here she is killing it doing Raise Ur Glasses at a Bassline night in Bradford.